Book Review: From Oversight To Overkill
Book Review: From Oversight To Overkill  
Podcast: Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Published On: Fri Apr 14 2023
Description: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-from-oversight-to-overkill I. Risks May Include AIDS, Smallpox, And Death Dr. Rob Knight studies how skin bacteria jump from person to person. In one 2009 study, meant to simulate human contact, he used a Q-tip to cotton swab first one subject's mouth (or skin), then another's, to see how many bacteria traveled over. On the consent forms, he said risks were near zero - it was the equivalent of kissing another person's hand.